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Sepak Takraw (Kick Volleyball). History. Sepak Takraw is a sport native to the Malay-Thai Peninsula.
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History • SepakTakraw is a sport native to the Malay-Thai Peninsula. • Sepaktakraw differs from the similar sport of volleyball in its use of a rattan ball and only allowing players to use their feet, knee, chest and head to touch the ball. It is a popular sport in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, and India. • Similar games include footbag net, footvolley, football tennis, bossaball, jianzi and sipa. These similar games all involve keepieuppies.
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Competition International play is now governed by ISTAF, the International SepakTakraw Federation. The King's Cup World Championships are held every year in Thailand. Sepaktakraw is now a regular sport event in the Asian Games and the Southeast Asian Games.
Court • The sepaktakraw sport is played on a similar to badminton double sized court. • Area of 13.4 m x 6.1 m free from all obstacles up to the height of 8 m measured from the floor surface (sand and grass court not advisable). The width of the lines bounding the court should not be more than 0.04 m measured and drawn inwards from the edge of the court measurements. All the boundary lines should be drawn at least 3.0 m away from all obstacles. The center line of 0.02 m should be drawn equally dividing the right and left court.